Masonry Hollow Metal Door Frame Details

Custom fire rated 16 gauge steel frames.

Masonry hollow metal door frame details. Metal doors frames 8d fourth edition hollow metal a division of national association of architectural metal manufacturers naamm 4 99 metal doors frames 8d. Per section detail 1 1 2 drywall pressure anchor frames nail in face frames. A kd or knocked down hollow metal masonry frame can be used for exterior or interior applications and comes in 3 pieces strike jamb hinge jamb and head. Hollow metal frames are installed in various locations throughout a building.

Knock down or welded welded. They are available for either 1 3 8 35 or 1 3 4 44 thick doors. The kd masonry frame can be installed before or after the wall has been built. The door and window frames are to be of standard hollow metal drywall design consisting of jamb and head members for doors and jamb head and sill members for windows.

Curries frames are manufactured for all wall conditions such as masonry steel stud wood stud and poured concrete. The standard frame depth is either 5 3 4 or 8 3 4 depending upon the wall panel thickness. Instead a roughopening should be blocked out no less than 3 16 4 8 mm larger than the frame on all three sides. 3 hour 1 1 2 hour.

Standard hollow metal door frames are constructed from 16 gauge roll form steel but can also be manufactured in 14 gauge or 12 gauge metal thicknesses. Maximum rating steel wood stud. Fortunately there are various methods to anchor the frame to the walls. Commercial hollow metal door frames welded or knocked down for new or existing drywall block masonry walls.

Can be used with exterior wood stud walls as well butts existing wall. The adjustable strap and stirrup type is normally used on hollow metal frames and is approved for use. While the use of hollow metal frames in cast in place concrete walls is a common construction practice the sdi does not recommend the inclusion of the frame as part of the process of pouring the wall. In addition curries and its distributors can modify and weld frames to expand the variety of frames available even further.

16 gauge steel fire rated up to 3. Due to the different materials used for walls hollow metal frames must be able to anchor to each wall type. Knock down masonry drywall and multi use frames are available from curries in series profile face dimensions gauges and door opening sizes to fit most any need in the construction industry today. 3 hour 1 1 2 hour.